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What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by Ade3000yrs(m): 12:18pm On Jun 08, 2016
90% of the Nigerian snails are the Achatina Marginata Specie. Caution must be employed in selecting your choice of snails for breeding stock. There are 3 major type of Snails in Nigeria and are said to be the largest in the world; The Achatina Marginata (AM), The Achatina Achatina (AA), and The Achatina Fullica (AF). The AM is peculiar to Nigeria Alone and is usually d largest among all the snails on earth and can produce up to 40 eggs in a clutch & will produce such clutches 3 to 4 times a year & it takes between 21 to 40 days for the eggs to hatch, The AA is d 2nd largest also in Nigeria and other countries and can lay up to 200 to 500 eggs in a clutch up to 3 to 5 clutches in a year, it also takes 21 to 28 days for d AA eggs and has an exclusively more whorls with longer and pointed ends which is similar with the Achatina Fulica in features.

The Achatina Marginata breed which are believed to be the largest in the world can be discouraging and unsuitable for a profitable and commercial snail farm business as its only commercial significance is its giant size and nothing more. The AM is only prized for its large size as it is the largest among all snails in comparison to the AA and AF but low in egg production as it produces between 6 to 40 eggs maximum per clutch while the AF and AA produces between 200 to 500 eggs per clutch. The AM is slow in growth, more exhaustive and cost more to manage. It takes the AM between 21 to 40 days to hatch and 8 to 9 months before it starts the laying of eggs while the AF and AA takes less time to grow and to lay it eggs between and reaches maturity within 4 to 6 months and lay far more eggs with more comparative economic advantage. The type of breed employed for snail farming is very important so that your hope of financial freedom is not dashed in the course of a zestful venture encumbered with willful exuberance. Therefore make sure you select the right stock for breeding from snail farmers and seek for proper consultation and be vast in your research and very open minded in your resource and information sharing. please lets not restrain nor hoard information from the reach of aspiring and intending snail farmers.

Snails grow faster when there is darkness, ease of movement and enough feeds, fruits, calcium supplement, root crops and vegetables for them to produce high quality and quantity of eggs. Snail farming can be started with a budget of between 20k and 500k to include its pen set up and the required breeding stock supply. If a simple small pen is needed, a basket used on a concrete floor or a large tractor tire will do just best on a concrete floor filled with sand as long as proper ventilation measures is ensured. Snail can die out easily when starved of needed oxygen as they equally breath air during active period and can also die out easily when drowned or submerged in water or when water is retained in its shell at intermittent wetting period. For higher yield and productivity, a free range or extensive snail farming method should be encouraged for a serious commercial or industrial scale production which is the best method employed in Australia, Europe and in the USA.
More so, for ideal breeding stocks, ideal AA specie should be considered more in large quantity than the AM as the AA and AF are more rugged and Adaptive in Nature than the AM.

If your snails die out easily after all careful measures, its probably the AM as its more of the Agric type in Nature as its more meatier than the AA and AF. Ironically, the AM is more in demand if your prospect market is Local and Nigerian market alone as its most preferred; but if your target market is for export market to Europe, USA, Asia, South Africa in deshelled, dried, processed and well package and branded form, then the AA and the AF is your best bet for a more economic sense. the asian countries are best bet for snail export market as its audience population is more than 3 billion of the worlds population. As China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam are major destination. Snail meat is highly priced in the Asian country because of its medicinal value and demand by pharmaceutical industries, its fluid also serves for medicinal value for cosmetics industries for anti aging products and in the cure of epilepsy, nervous remedy and tissue repair. The meat is also highly priced for its 100% cholesterol free value and best to remedy heart problems or people vulnerable or at risk of cardiac arrest. it is an ideal protein for pregnant and nursing mother and also ideal for kids. This is an age where information is faster than the speed of bullet. lets use it wisely.

Please only serious business minded persons should call my line and not time wasters nor people who love to engage in excessive talk. Please
Call or contact Zion Joe Ventures LTD, Suite 9 Olutoye shopping complex, opposite, Royal Spring Hotel (TJ), 08141208884
With our strong and efficient network base across Nigeria, we are sure fit to cover your agro allied needs. www.worldnaija.com

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Re: What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by Arinbliss: 4:01pm On Oct 05, 2018
Well done sir, pls what species is this

Re: What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by frankz28: 4:32pm On Mar 28, 2021
Ade3000yrs:
90% of the Nigerian snails are the Achatina Marginata Specie. Caution must be employed in selecting your choice of snails for breeding stock. There are 3 major type of Snails in Nigeria and are said to be the largest in the world; The Achatina Marginata (AM), The Achatina Achatina (AA), and The Achatina Fullica (AF). The AM is peculiar to Nigeria Alone and is usually d largest among all the snails on earth and can produce up to 40 eggs in a clutch & will produce such clutches 3 to 4 times a year & it takes between 21 to 40 days for the eggs to hatch, The AA is d 2nd largest also in Nigeria and other countries and can lay up to 200 to 500 eggs in a clutch up to 3 to 5 clutches in a year, it also takes 21 to 28 days for d AA eggs and has an exclusively more whorls with longer and pointed ends which is similar with the Achatina Fulica in features.

The Achatina Marginata breed which are believed to be the largest in the world can be discouraging and unsuitable for a profitable and commercial snail farm business as its only commercial significance is its giant size and nothing more. The AM is only prized for its large size as it is the largest among all snails in comparison to the AA and AF but low in egg production as it produces between 6 to 40 eggs maximum per clutch while the AF and AA produces between 200 to 500 eggs per clutch. The AM is slow in growth, more exhaustive and cost more to manage. It takes the AM between 21 to 40 days to hatch and 8 to 9 months before it starts the laying of eggs while the AF and AA takes less time to grow and to lay it eggs between and reaches maturity within 4 to 6 months and lay far more eggs with more comparative economic advantage. The type of breed employed for snail farming is very important so that your hope of financial freedom is not dashed in the course of a zestful venture encumbered with willful exuberance. Therefore make sure you select the right stock for breeding from snail farmers and seek for proper consultation and be vast in your research and very open minded in your resource and information sharing. please lets not restrain nor hoard information from the reach of aspiring and intending snail farmers.

Snails grow faster when there is darkness, ease of movement and enough feeds, fruits, calcium supplement, root crops and vegetables for them to produce high quality and quantity of eggs. Snail farming can be started with a budget of between 20k and 500k to include its pen set up and the required breeding stock supply. If a simple small pen is needed, a basket used on a concrete floor or a large tractor tire will do just best on a concrete floor filled with sand as long as proper ventilation measures is ensured. Snail can die out easily when starved of needed oxygen as they equally breath air during active period and can also die out easily when drowned or submerged in water or when water is retained in its shell at intermittent wetting period. For higher yield and productivity, a free range or extensive snail farming method should be encouraged for a serious commercial or industrial scale production which is the best method employed in Australia, Europe and in the USA.
More so, for ideal breeding stocks, ideal AA specie should be considered more in large quantity than the AM as the AA and AF are more rugged and Adaptive in Nature than the AM.

If your snails die out easily after all careful measures, its probably the AM as its more of the Agric type in Nature as its more meatier than the AA and AF. Ironically, the AM is more in demand if your prospect market is Local and Nigerian market alone as its most preferred; but if your target market is for export market to Europe, USA, Asia, South Africa in deshelled, dried, processed and well package and branded form, then the AA and the AF is your best bet for a more economic sense. the asian countries are best bet for snail export market as its audience population is more than 3 billion of the worlds population. As China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Myanmar, Indonesia, Vietnam are major destination. Snail meat is highly priced in the Asian country because of its medicinal value and demand by pharmaceutical industries, its fluid also serves for medicinal value for cosmetics industries for anti aging products and in the cure of epilepsy, nervous remedy and tissue repair. The meat is also highly priced for its 100% cholesterol free value and best to remedy heart problems or people vulnerable or at risk of cardiac arrest. it is an ideal protein for pregnant and nursing mother and also ideal for kids. This is an age where information is faster than the speed of bullet. lets use it wisely.

Please only serious business minded persons should call my line and not time wasters nor people who love to engage in excessive talk. Please
Call or contact Zion Joe Ventures LTD, Suite 9 Olutoye shopping complex, opposite, Royal Spring Hotel (TJ), 08141208884
With our strong and efficient network base across Nigeria, we are sure fit to cover your agro allied needs. www.worldnaija.com
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Re: What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by Genea(f): 8:13pm On Mar 28, 2021
Hoping to venture in this soon
Re: What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by kennethfranc(m): 9:49pm On Mar 28, 2021
Arinbliss:
Well done sir, pls what species is this
AF
Re: What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by Babakolanut(m): 12:39am On Apr 03, 2023
Pls where is your snailery and current price for point of lay snails? Update me on whatsapp +2349034612092 or unclemoringa@gmail.com
Re: What Every Snail Farmer Must Know About The AM, AA & The AF Types Of Snails by dannycom(m): 9:21pm On May 03, 2023
Contact kaykay farms mowe
For your point of lay, table size on snails
And also for fingerlings, post and juvenile
Contact: 09161122920

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